We have discussed before that Wisconsinites love gimmicks. To get them off their couches or out of the bars to the actual game, it usually takes some shtick or free swag. And the Milwaukee Brewers Marketing Department outdid themselves for this 2011 season.

Photo Courtesy of The NY Times 2007

With the addition of Zack Greinke this off-season, the Brewers season ticket sales didn’t really need any boosting by adding 1500 new season ticket holders only 3 days after the acquisition. But that didn’t stop the marketing department to pull out all the stops (well, they could have brought back the Beer Chalet too but we will let that slide for now).

The Milwaukee Brewers will have 1 drawing a day for 40 days starting on January 17 and ending on February 25. But, these aren’t ordinary prizes. These prizes entice all baseball fans. I’m even considering buying season tickets and I’m over a 500 mile round trip away from Miller Park. I wouldn’t be surprised to see “disappointed with the off-season” Cubs fans buying season Brewer tickets for these prizes. For a full list of all 40 prizes click this link.

Be a member on the Brewers team at the 2011 MLB Draft (For crying out loud, don’t draft that overweight first basemen, he’s a vegan).

Run in the sausage race (I wonder if I could run as a new mascot, the cocktail weenie).

Play video games on the scoreboard (I wonder what DK Mode in Bond looks like on a jumbo screen).

Tickets to the Wrigley Rooftops to watch a Brewers/Cubs game (perfect seats to piss on piss off unsuspecting Cubs fans).

Sign a major league contract for a day complete with full uniform (I wonder if you get a 1 game payout equivalent to 1 game of Cliff Lee’s new salary).

Seriously, this promotion is pure marketing genius. A fist bump to Yahoo’s Big League Stew for breaking this story for me. They added a few other ideas for promotions the Brewers may have missed out on, but I have a few to add to the list.

Winner receives 100 spray cans of Krylon paint in the shades of Brewers Blue and Yellow to spray paint Wrigley Field’s marquee Blue and Yellow for a Brewers/Cubs game. Complete with complementary food and lodging in Chicago’s city jail.